Pont-A-Mousson 1998

Jo-Ann
29.6.98 - What a long day, this is our longest drive.  Travelled through Champagne on the N3.  Beautiful country, good road not too busy.  Stopped at Chateau de Thierry for lunch (at a pub).  Boys found another game, they're all over the place.  Got back onto the highway, they travel very fast (more than 130km/hr).
Missed turn off to Fey, so took pot luck and came here to Pont-A-Mousson.  Beautiful town square, cobbled streets very ancient.
Petrol stations are unreal.  Even sell alcohol - mainly Champagne.  Diesel goes a long way.  Joshua is eating very well and Christian can't stop eating bread sticks.  Bottled water is great.



Christian
Day 4 - Today we're driving to a new town.  On the way we saw a lot of Champagne grapes.  We saw millions of grapes trees and crops.  When we got to the town we saw a cop and all the cops carry revolvers and batons.  We parked in the town and heard a loud bang that sounded like gun shots.  We looked around until we found a shop called "Dynamite".  It had fire crackers and fireworks.  We bought some and let them off at our hotel.  When we were driving I spotted some fighter jets flying around overhead.


Joshua

 Day 4 - We went to Chateau Thierry we went through grapes and took photos of them, then we went to Reims and stopped at a cafe and had a drink and we went in and played a soccer game.  After that we went to Pont-A-Mousson and we found a shop called "Dynamite" it sold firecrackers and fireworks.  We bought some and let them off on a dirt mound and Christians went the furthest. 

Ozoir La Ferriere 1998

Jo-Ann

28.6.98 - A long trip 11hrs, plane was delayed until 12am. Arrived in Paris at 6.55 am, the airport was dismal and circular, saw armed police with machine guns.  Boys travelled well and enjoyed their meals etc. Christian is desperate to spend his money.
A bus came and picked us up at Charles De Gaulle and took us to get our new station wagon - nice green, quite small, just enough room for our bags.  Stephen drove, people over here are fast and mad drivers.  Park anywhere, on any side of the road.  
The village Ozior La Ferriere is quaint, historical and clean.  Our B&B is comfortable - strange toilet (no cistern), sucks the stuff away.  Small square bath with a hand held shower. Went for a drive to find Euro Disney and got lost.  Went into McDonald's where a burger costs $10.  Came home and crashed at 6 pm, we all woke up at 4.30am well rested.  Stephen has a sore throat and runny nose. 
The boys are really embracing their diary writing.  Joshua has discovered Patisserie and Christian loves eating it.


Christian
Day 3 - Today we are just driving around town and looking at shops.  We bought a baguette from the bakery and they taste really good.  At the airport there were guards walking around with machine guns asking about unattended bags looking for bombs.  
We went to a cafe that had a soccer game that we played.  There was a french family there that bought us a game for five frances.  The town that we're staying in is soccer mad, they have shops full of soccer stuff.  The Brazilian soccer team is training here as well. Which we might be seeing.


Joshua
Day 3 - When we got to France we hired a car and the driver drives on the left side and it took dad a long time to stay on the right side of the road.  We are staying in the Au Pavillon Bleu and it has shops.  France have lots of soccer pictures on the window they have lots of Brazilian flags because they got kicked out of the world cup soccer so they are going for Brazil.  I found some brazilian soccer jerseys in the shop but they were too dear.  We went to a cafe that has a soccer game.